I love winter...

[groover]

Holy moly, is that a screw off cap?!

In fact, yes. Is that a bad thing?

[Blue Train]

Never seen a Single Malt without a cork. Pops probably could drop thesis on it. haha

I tried to look up Glen Ness. Outside of it's supposedly being in Perth....it's Special Ops with regards to the distillery.

A great site. It's BFYB list.


http://www.maltmadness.com/value.html

[Blue Train]

Cost/benefit analysis. Is it worth more to them to get rid of Jimmy once and for all, or should they wait for a more "natural" opportunity?

We should start naming our earthquakes as long as they are over 6. How about "Krupa" for the first one?

haha

[groover]

Never seen a Single Malt without a cork. Pops probably could drop thesis on it. haha

I tried to look up Glen Ness. Outside of it's supposedly being in Perth....it's Special Ops with regards to the distillery.

A great site. It's BFYB list.


http://www.maltmadness.com/value.html

Glen Ness is definitely low-end BFYB Single Malt. I paid about $22 for the bottle. Tastes pretty good to me, though.

[jesus marion joseph]

That's about the same price as a small bottle of Bushmill's.

[Blue Train]

That's about the same price as a small bottle of Bushmill's.

Yes, but that's not only not from Scotland...and it's not Single Malt. Hell, don't even get Pops started on Irish Whiskey. He only partakes on St. Patrick's Day, my Maternal Grandmother and Mom's birthday....and it's never Bushmill.


Next to no one still believes but it's still "OLD SCHOOL"....God help anyone who drinks Bushmill! haha

[clinthopson]

Bushmills is from Belfast the good ones are from Ireland.

[jesus marion joseph]

[Blue Train]

[jesus marion joseph]

Haven't tried either of those. Maybe when the next bottle of Bushmill's runs dry....

[groover]

I might get a bottle of that to hide deep in the cabinet. The Glen Ness is more suitable for friends who tend to drain any bottle put in front of them.

[Blue Train]

Keep in mind there is a 12 for the Redbreast and 18 for the Jameson. You won't be disappointed and a half to a good deal more less expensive. As in, BFYB!

[clinthopson]

Tullamore Dew is the best. Phil Kelly will back me up.

[LennyH]

My wife loves an Irish coffee once in a while and she's got it in her mind that she needs ($45 per bottle) Jameson 12 year old reserve. So I bought her some for Valentine's Day.

Nothing says "I love you" like a bottle of whiskey.

[jesus marion joseph]

Fixed.

My wife loves an Irish coffee once in a while and she's got it in her mind that she needs ($45 per bottle) Jameson 12 year old reserve. So I bought her some for Valentine's Day.

Nothing says "long term relationship" like a bottle of whiskey.

[groover]

http://www.totalwine.com/eng/product...-12-yr/2813750


Wine Enthusiast - Ireland- This golden spirit is maple-sweet on the nose. The flavor is on the pleasingly sweet side too, especially compared to the drier 18yr version, with strokes of honey and caramel winding into a scattering of mellow baking spices. Velvety feel, full body. 93pt Wine Enthusiast 2012.

$40 at Total Wine, why are you paying more, Lenny?

[Bourne]

Blech...Irish folk know how to drink, but they should leave the creation of said drink to to the Scots, who actually know what they're doing. Irish Whiskey is one of the nastiest concoctions under the sun.

[jesus marion joseph]

In your humble opinion, of course.

[groover]

Bourne is clearly not interested in working as a professional booze reviewer in the style of the Wine Enthusiast.

I like some Irish whiskey. I don't always care for the peat smoke flavor of Highland scotch.

[Bourne]

Fine:

This ironically piss-colored spirit is rotting flesh putrid on the nose. The flavor follows suit with notes of puke, old pennies, and carpet recently soaked by an overflowing toilet. It has a body. Possibly useful for unclogging belligerent drains and keeping feral cats out of your yard. If not for the fancy labeling I'd have thought this a poorly executed practical joke.

Bourne Enthusiast rating: .2

[jesus marion joseph]

Skip the "humble" part, then.

I'm with Groover, FWIW. I never even knew anything at all about Irish whiskeys before I went to Bushmills, took the tour of the distillery, and tried the hooch. I have no hatred for Scotch, by any stretch; I actually like all kinds of whiskey. Rye, bourbon, scotch, whatever. I do get tired of the smokier ones, though. They can be pretty intense.

I usually put a splash of mineral water in my whiskey, regardless of the variety. I've also come to an appreciation of blended whiskeys, as opposed to always drinking single malts (Scotch or Irish). I don't always need the intensity of single malts, and they're pretty damned expensive. Of the blended whiskeys I've tried so far, I find that Bushmills has a good balance of flavor without too much intensity and not too horribly expensive.

[Bourne]

I strenuously disagree. Vehemently, even!

Try this for a very nicely done and inexpensive whiskey.

http://www.oldforester.com/age.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f

Old Forester is what inexpensive whiskey should be, and what some pricier whiskeys wish they were.

Seriously.

It's all a matter of taste, I understand. But, the smokier the single, the better. Give me a 16 y.o. Lagavulin any day of the week.

[jesus marion joseph]

I'll have to try that Old Forester. It seems it's made with more rye than usual, which is a good thing, IMO.

I hear you on the smokey thing, and Highland Park used to be the only whiskey I drank, but I find I can live without it.

[Bourne]

I can live without them due strictly to their increasingly prohibitive cost.

[Blue Train]

Fine:

This ironically piss-colored spirit is rotting flesh putrid on the nose. The flavor follows suit with notes of puke, old pennies, and carpet recently soaked by an overflowing toilet. It has a body. Possibly useful for unclogging belligerent drains and keeping feral cats out of your yard. If not for the fancy labeling I'd have thought this a poorly executed practical joke.

Bourne Enthusiast rating: .2

Pops probably hates it even more than you. I think he's had the same bottle for like 2 or 3 years. haha

[Blue Train]

Skip the "humble" part, then.

I'm with Groover, FWIW. I never even knew anything at all about Irish whiskeys before I went to Bushmills, took the tour of the distillery, and tried the hooch. I have no hatred for Scotch, by any stretch; I actually like all kinds of whiskey. Rye, bourbon, scotch, whatever. I do get tired of the smokier ones, though. They can be pretty intense.

I usually put a splash of mineral water in my whiskey, regardless of the variety. I've also come to an appreciation of blended whiskeys, as opposed to always drinking single malts (Scotch or Irish). I don't always need the intensity of single malts, and they're pretty damned expensive. Of the blended whiskeys I've tried so far, I find that Bushmills has a good balance of flavor without too much intensity and not too horribly expensive.

Neat, thank you very much. I understand the enthalpy of solution process behind it, which effects the aroma, but I am not into the whole sniffing thing. I don't even do it with wine unless I am out where it's expected.


In the whiskey family I generally stick to single malts. On occasion, I will drink some bourbon and rye....but it has to be good stuff.

[jesus marion joseph]

Maker's Mark is diluting their whisky to keep up with demand:

Dear Maker's Mark® Ambassador,
Lately we've been hearing from many of you that you've been having difficulty finding Maker's Mark in your local stores. Fact is, demand for our bourbon is exceeding our ability to make it, which means we're running very low on supply. We never imagined that the entire bourbon category would explode as it has over the past few years, nor that demand for Maker's Mark would grow even faster.
We wanted you to be the first to know that, after looking at all possible solutions, we've worked carefully to reduce the alcohol by volume (ABV) by just 3%. This will enable us to maintain the same taste profile and increase our limited supply so there is enough Maker's Mark to go around, while we continue to expand the distillery and increase our production capacity.
We have both tasted it extensively, and it's completely consistent with the taste profile our founder/dad/grandfather, Bill Samuels, Sr., created nearly 60 years ago. We've also done extensive testing with Maker's Mark drinkers, and they couldn't tell a difference.
Nothing about how we handcraft Maker's Mark has changed, from the use of locally sourced soft red winter wheat as the flavor grain, to aging the whisky to taste in air-dried American white oak barrels, to rotating our barrels during maturation, to hand-dipping every bottle in our signature red wax.
In other words, we've made sure we didn't screw up your whisky.
By the way, if you have any comments or questions, as always, we invite you to drop us a line at [email address] or [email address]. Thanks for your support. And if you've got a little time on your hands, come down and see us at the distillery.
Sincerely,
Rob Samuels
Chief Operating Officer
Ambassador-in-Chief
Bill Samuels, Jr.
Chairman Emeritus
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[Bourne]

Always found Makers Mark to be a bit overrated.

I was always a Knob Creek guy.

[jesus marion joseph]

My last bottle of bourbon was Woodford Reserve; a giant bottle I got as a gift. As fine a bourbon as I've tried.

Three inches of fresh snow overnight. Very pretty.

[groover]

Always found Makers Mark to be a bit overrated.

I was always a Knob Creek guy.

I got a bottle of Maker's Mark recently, found it to be pretty smooth. Maybe it's because they diluted it!

Knob Creek is next on my list of bourbons to try.